Clothes-line reel and stretcher.



A. F. CHAPMAN.

CLOTHES LINE REEL AND STRETCHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2,1912.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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ALONZO F. CHAPMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-TIIIRD TOLOUIS MEURER AND ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM MEURER, BOTH OF ST'. LOUIS,MISSOURI.

CLOTHES-LINE REEL AND STRETCI-IER.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Mar. 11,1913.

Application led July 2, 1912. Serial No. 707,346.

To all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, ALONZO F. CHAPMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis. in the State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Line Reels and St-retchers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes line reels andstretchers.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a simple andcheap device of this character, and one which is effective in itsoperation.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and with particular reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is afront elevation. Fig. 3 is a top plan View. Fig. 4l is a verticallongitudinal sectional view on the line 1-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is avertical transverse sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2, looking inthe direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectionalview on the line 6-6 of F ig. 2, looking in the directie-n of thearrows.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings 10 and 11 representthe side plates of the frame of the device. These frames are triangularin shape and have the openings 12 formed in their bases which areadapted to receive the ends of the spacing rods 13, the said ends of therods having the stop collars 14. which bear against the inner faces ofthe plates 10 and 11, and have their outer ends bent to form heads onthe outer sides of the said plates. In the apex of each of the plates isformed a larger opening 15, the purpose of which will appear later, aswell as an opening 16 formed in an enlargement 17 at one edge of theplate 11. Mounted in these plates 10 and 11 is a reel which consists ofthe disks 18 and 19 and the shaft 20. The disk 19 has a central opening21 for the reception of the reduced end 22 of the shaft 20. Secured onthe outer face of the disk 19 is a small disk 23 which has projectingfrom its outer face a pintle 24, said pintle being received in theopening 15 of the plate 10. Secured to the outer face of the disk 1S isa ratchet wheel 25, from the outer face of which projects a pintle 26,said pintle being received in the opening 15 of the plate 11. Projectingfrom the other face of the ratchet wheel 25 is a tubular member 27 whichreceives the reduced end 28 of the shaft 20, said tubular member havingan opening 29 through which a nail or a screw is driven to hold saidmember 27 to the shaft. The disk 23 has an obliquely arranged opening 30through which a nail is driven into the end of the reduced portion 22 ofthe shaft 20.

A pawl 31 is provided with a stud 32 which is received through theopening 16 of the plate 11, said stud having a transverse opening in itsouter end for the reception of a split key The nose of this pawl engageswith the teeth of the ratchet wheel 25, and holds the drum aga-instbackward r0- tation. This pawl is a gravity pawl, and is provided with alaterally projecting finger piece 34 for raising the pawl from the teethof the ratchet.

Formed integrally with the ratchet wheel 25 and the member 27 is anaperture eXtension 35 which is adapted to receive the end of the clothesline 36, which is knotted on the opposite end of said extension. Acurved and inclined guard 37 extends from the extension part way around,and concentric with the member 27.

Mounted on the outer end of the pintle 26 is a handle 3S, which has onone end a hand grip 39. The opposite end of the handle is doubled onitself at 39, the adjacent portions being' formed with the o-penings 40which receive the end of the spindle 26, which is square in crosssection. Disposed in a threaded opening +11 in the bend 39 of the handleis a set screw 42, which, when the handle is positioned on the spindle26, will bear against one face of said spindle, to hold the handleagainst movement on the spindle.

The reduced end 2S of the shaft 20 and the tubular member 27 aredisposed in an opening 43 formed centrally in the disk 18, an arcuateopening 14 being formed at one side of the opening 43 to permit theentrance of the extension and guard 37.

The outer face of the ratchet wheel 25 is formed with a number ofcountersunk openings for the reception of screws by means of which theratchet is attached to the disk 1S.

IVhat is claimed is:

Ae an article ot manufacture, a clothes line reel and Stretchercomprising a pair of triangular plates suitably spaced apart, and a drumrotatably mounted in said plates, Said drum comprising a pair of disks,a pintle secured to one disk, a ratchet Wheel secured to the other disk,a pivoted paWl on the frame for engaging with the ratchet wheel, apintle on the ratchet Wheel, a crank handle on the pintle, a tubularextension on the opposite side of the ratchet Wheel, a perforated ropeholding member extending laterally t'lom the tubular extension and acurved guard formed on the outer end of the perforated member and theadjacent face ALONZO F. CHAPMAN.

lvitnesses M. ECKERT, JULIUS ANDREAS.

Copies of this patent may be obtainei for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 2D. C.

